Monday, August 5, 2013

Cybermagazine - Monday

Monday August 5 2013 edition

HIGHLIGHTS

Top tennis on tap in Canada

The main draws of two biggest professional tennis tournaments held in Canada got underway on Monday in Montreal and Toronto.

Six Canadian men are in the draw in Montreal. They include Milos Raonic, currently ranked a career-high number-13 in the world. Four Canadian women are in the draw in Toronto. They include former Wimbledon junior champion Eugenie Bouchard, who ...

Lawyers fight proposed ‘anti-gay’ law school

A ban on “sexual intimacy” among homosexuals is part of covenant students and staff must adhere to at a Christian university in western Canada that wants to create its own law school. Lawyers, including civil rights advocate Clayton Ruby, oppose accreditation of the law school at Trinity Western University saying it would create ...

Call for stepped-up action on world’s top killer

Cardiovascular disease is the number one killer around the world according new rankings from the World Health Organization and two Canadian doctors are calling for more action to prevent it and resulting complications like heart attack and stroke.

Anti-smoking campaigns, control of high blood pressure and cholesterol and various improvements in heart surgery have all made important progress ...

CANADIAN HEADLINES

Pipeline safety will be focus on new group

More moves are taking place to make Canada's pipelines safer and more efficient.

The federal government, the provincial governments of Alberta and British Columbia as well as the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers and the pipeline association are forming the Canadian Pipeline Technology Collaborative.

Pipeline industry spokeswoman Brenda Kenny says the organization is expected to up and running ...

Invasive weed causes burns

The invasive giant hogwood plant is spreading in four Canadian provinces and officials are warning people to stay away from it. Originally from south west Asia, the plant has a clear sap which can cause severe burns when affected skin is exposed to sunlight. It is also reported to cause temporary blindness in cases where the sap gets ...

Vancouver and Olympic athletes support gays

Canada’s western city of Vancouver painted some crosswalks in rainbow colours and two Olympic athletes marched in Sunday’s pride parade in support of the LGBT community. Last week was Pride Week in Vancouver and news of Russia’s ongoing crackdown on gays spurred more people to take part in pride events.